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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Guttural \Gut"tur*al\, a. [L. guttur throat: cf F. gutural.] Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat; relating to or characteristic of a sound formed in the throat. Children are occasionally born with guttural swellings. --W. Guthrie. In such a sweet, guttural accent. --Landor. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Guttural \Gut"tur*al\, n. A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also a letter representing such a sound. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: guttural adj 1: like the sounds of frogs and crows; "a guttural voice"; "acres of guttural frogs" [syn: {croaking}, {croaky}] 2: relating to or articulated in the throat; "the glottal stop and uvular `r' and `ch' in German `Bach' are guttural sounds" n : a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat [syn: {guttural consonant}]
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